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THURSDAY, JUNE B. I933.

LIBRARY OBJECTIVE

‘ It is not an exaggeration to say that the library demonstration work in Prince Edward Island during the coming months will be followed with keen interest not only in our sis- ter provinces, but throuBhOHt the North American continent. A lib- eary penetrating like arteries in- to every section of the com- munity, catering to every worth- while community interest, providing unbounded opportunities for prac- tical study, for culture or for recre- ation in every homc within the Rel served, has bccn the dream of edu- cationisls in evvfl’ 118i’; but it is only within recent years that such a dream was possible of fulfilment. and even today the movement is still in its experimental stages. On this continent there are but two precedents, namely in Louisiana and in the Fraser Valley district of Bri- tish Columbia, for the plan which is being inaugurated in this Province with the generous assistance of the Carnegie Foundation. The work therefore is in the nature of a pioneering effort, Prince Edward Island having been selected as the first Province in which to demon- strate the communal advantage of modern library facilities on a pro- vincial scale. Just what the project ineans may be gathered from the iact that Miss Bateman, M.A., and her assistants 1n charge are hoping eventually to be able to supply on request any book on any worthwhile subject to any reader within the Province. special efforts are being made to cover all practical subjects, such as carpentry and mechanical work. on the farm, gardening, poul- try raising, fishing, household sci- ence, etc, but this will not be at the expense of classical, historical, and other literary subjects. If a special book, not stocked in thc pro- vincial library, is desired, it will either be purchased or borrowed for This, of course, can only bc undertaken af- ter the movement is wcll under way.

the reader's convenience.

For the present, there is an enorm- ' mu amount of work still to bc done _ 1n selecting and ordering volumes _ and in analyzing, classifying and . cataloguing them for general use. . This work will occupy the best part

of the summer. In the meantime. ‘ Miss Bateson intends visiting as

many sections of the Province as I njlpoaslble, getting personally in touch .-. with Women's Institutes and other

organizations in every community,

1 ‘lolicitlng their assistance and co- “operation and forming in this way a ' ' _ first hand knowledge of the require- fflgnents and reading tastes of the peo- pie. . .. An important fcaturclof the work will be in the wealth of reading matter provided for school children. Here, indeed, lies the great oppor- tunity in the library movement. It is hoped to instill in the younger I generation of every community a E ‘Jove for literature for its own sake, 31h zest to discover and understand ‘I “the best that has been thought and said in the world"; a feeling of fam- ~ yliiarlty and at-homeness in what Keats called “the realm of Gold" IJlhich will remain with them ithrough life and afford inexhaust- ilfble avenues of retreat, of inspira- tion and intellectual refreshment “along life's highway.

When a library of some 10,000 volumes has been acquired, it is the intention to issue catalogues, either

‘fprinted or mimeographed, for gen- eral distribution. At first, however. "readers will make application by fflncans of request slips for the books, .3110)‘ class of books, they require. With- : "in the next three years, which is the Iftilimit of the ekpenmentrl mac m ;_~f'_"_by the Carnegie Foundation, 1c is Ewell to have established a library ‘__ f some 60,000 volumes. The 05.1%- Lflilive by the end of the first year {Finn be from 10,000 to 1s,ooo books, fir; be supplemented, as already not- Efed. by purchases or borrowings from Einainland sources at special request. Egome 3,000 volumes have already anon ordered, cover-in! I Vi!" "We subjects and recruentlnv in

themselves a magnificent nucleus for library distribution.

While the library headquarters , will be in the Prince of Wales Col- 1 lege, the distributing centre for Charlottetown will be the Public? Library in the Harris Memorial ‘ Building, where a number of vol- g umss will be stocked and where ap- .' plications for other books not there available will be received. Distribut- ing agencies will be established on a smaller scale in other centres, and 1| in addition Miss Bateson plans tour- , ing the outlying sections 0f the Pro- -_ vlnce regularly by automobile, with ' a selection of some 300 or 400 books in her carfor demonstration pur- ,- poses. The entire resources of the, library, however, will be as access- I ible to rural readers as to those within the city.

Another feature of the movement will be the establishment of a com- ' plete section of books relating to Prince Edward Island or written by Prince Edward Island authors. One set of books will be placed in the Public Library in Charlottetown, and should prove of exceptional in- tercst and value to visitors as well as to the general public.

Interest in the library movement will be enhanced by the series of public lectures to be held under the auspices of the McGill University Library School in Prince of Wales College from July 1 to 28. ‘There is no doubt that by the Fall, when it is hoped to open the library for circulation, there will be a very favorable response. The opportunity is certainly one which places the Province in a most enviable position, and the movement will, it is hoped, meet with unqualified success.

THE VOICE OF REASON

In a remarkably clear and com- prehensive review of the world eco- nomic situation delivered this week at Toronto in the course of his an- nual address as President of the Canadian Manufacturers Associa- tion, Mr. W. C, Coulter struck a note of sane optimism which is particu- larly welcome at this time. He cau- tioned against unreasonable expec- tations thot of the World Confer- ence is going to "deal in magic or perform miracles" but that its ob- jective will be to point the way and start the forward march. While it is hoped and eXpeCted that much will be accomplished at London, there will remain “a stiff Journey, but we can make it cheerfully if we know that it leads upward out of the bog to solid ground." '

Mr. Coulter paid warm tribute to the citizens of Canada, particularly the farming population, for the manner in which they have battled with their difficulties. I-le also had something to say about governments which is particularly opportune, and which we commend to the consider- ation of all our readers.

"If,” said Mr. Coulter, “bad times. unemployment, low prices andslm- ilar misfortunes were purely domes- tic conditions, the result of national mi management and confined with- in the boundary of Canada, we would have reason to reproach our governments and ourselves. While mistakes in past policy and practice have contributed to or aggravated our troubles, the factors which have chiefly harassed us are universal; every country is afflicted; most countries are in worse states than ours. International maladies must have international remedies. Look- ing back over the four years since the storm broke, it‘ is doubtful whether many will believe that Can- adians could have done much more than has been done to deal with the various crises which confronted them. They have managed in some way to feed, clothe, house and find partial employment for those who were in distress. The Dominion Government, the nine provincial governments and the hundreds of county, township, city, town and village councils have been called upon to perform almost superhuman

slbility and undergone severe and Prolonged mental and Dbfllcll bird- ships m discharging their public du-

ties, while, at the some tlmfl. nearly all of them had to earn llvlnk! I01‘ their families and themselves in their private capacities.

"They have made mistakes and probably spent some money unwise- ly, but the central fact is that they have performed their functions of governing a democratic country in a period of unprecedented stress and hard-Alp, maintained the country's credit and preserved law and order."

Mr. Coulter closed with enumera- tion of some signs of improvement, instanclng progress towards recov- ery ln the British Isles, Australia and the United States. The rise in value of farm products and in some basic commodities had crested a bet- ter outlook in Canada. And Canada had one important advantage-great and varied assets. The farms, mines, fisheries, forests, distributing, trans- portation, financial and industrial systems were all intact and when world- condition improved. could function at or near capacity, accord- lng to the demand for their prod/acts and services.

A WORD IN SEASON

The following comment from the American Bankers Magazine speaks for itself:

"No business man in any town should allow s newspape published in his town to go without his name and business being mentioned

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As announced In the new: coi- umns, President Roosevelt has signed a bill mined to protect the investing public by means of enforced publicity on the part of those who have securities for sale. Henceforth those who seek to ut- trnct other people's money must be wholly candid in respect to their fioatations. The law mcludcs safe- guards against chum by hist- pi-qssui-c salesmen. It compels salesmen to disclose the "set-up" of my mterprise whose issues they sock to dispose of. The investor is to have full and accurate inform- ation beam risking his money. The details of enforcement have yet to be worked out, but stiff’ penalties M‘ pyvoided 1'01’ infractions OI 11in law. It is not to be understood that the Government takes any respon- sibility regarding the soundness or safety of investments. That is left to the private judgment of the in- vestor. The United States law attempts to do what the Ontario law already provides. it is in con- -“ with the en! of the Ontario law that the rules and reg- ulations, recently published by Coi- onel George Drew, have been pro- mulgatcd.

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Interesting data regarding retail trade in Canada. are provided in a bulletin issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Among other things the bulletin, which deals en- tirely with the year 1930, states that there were then 121,962 retail stores with sales of 82.805.075.800 and 41,094 service establishments with receipts of $210,115,200. The retail stores provided employment for

somewhere in its columns. 'I‘his does not mean you should have a whole, half or even a quarter page ad in each issue o! the- paper, but your name and business should be men- tioned, if you do not use more than a z-line space. A stranger picking up a newspaper should be able to tell what business is represented in a town by looking at the paper. This is the best possible town ad- vertiser. ‘The man who does ngt Bdvérilse his business does an in- justice to himself and the town. The man who insists on sharing

the business that comes to town,

but refuses m advertise his ovm is not a. valuable addition to any town. Th? We 0f a town depends on the 1111c. bride-awake and liberal ad- vertising business men."

CHARM OF GARDENS

Much has been written of the

charm of omens. but nothing bet- ter than the following glowing trib- llte from the Montreal Gazette:

"Someone has called a garden o. microcosm of the world, a. liv- lng map of the climes and seas- ons, a gathering up of all things curious and useful and beautiful into a chosen and closured space. And in thissmall area it is possible to sow seeds, to watch the tender shoots pierce the soils, to observe the formation of leaves in their fresh fabric and myrladfold ‘pal;- Wflls. to sec the buds lift up their heads to the llflht, to behold the 11W“! 0P9“ their cups. their precious colors like living, breath. ing jewels, forever beautiful as in the day Eden itself first dawn- ed upon our earth. And what oc- Ciliiflflon can give us greater pleas- ure, be more healthful, more re. fined, more elevating or prove itself a. more efficacious means of soothing the harassed mind? Than a trim and well-ordered 88111611. what can add more to the attractiveness of the place in which we dwell, and may it not be said that the garden is itself a. true index of the tastes and cul- ture of the inhabitants c! the household? And just as gardening’ is one o! the most innocent of delights. and a tonic u; body and mind alike, so nothing tends more to neighborly feeling and to the 800d cheer all mankind may share), Its rarest gifts are open

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EDITORIAL NOTES

In Toronto a monument is to be erected to the memory of Alexander Muir, author of "The Maple Leaf," and Quebec admirers are to bring back from Boston to a Coriadign Brave the remains of Callxa havallee, who wrote "O Canada!" It is m. ting, notes a coniempo any, that those who write the patriotic songs of a people should be honored in 843M way.

The Grand Jury at Summerside this week emphasized the need of using reflectors on all horse drawn vehicles at night. The Government has already taken action to distri- bute a number of these reflectors, and it is hoped, when they have come into use, thct their advantage will be so evident that no one would think of using the highways at

tasks. The members of these gov-

ernments have carried great respon-

night without the protection afford-

304,454 persons who received $308,- 631,600, while service establishments gave employment to 68,301 and paid them in salaries and wages $67,029,- 300.

Commenting on the British birth rate, which, he says, with the ex- ception of Sweden is_ now the low- est in the world, the Bishop of meter, writing in the meter Dio- ceson Gazette, refers to its relation to the question o1 unemployment. "In 1911," he says, “we built schools and made preparations for 24 child rcn to every 1,000 of our population. m i931 when we had under 16 children for every 1,000 of the pop- ulation, it meant that there were about one-third less children to educate. Therefore, one-third of the schoolmasters must fail to get work. What is happening to school mas- ters must happen to other trades.

Mr. Woodsworib, addressing a

a largely-attended meeting in Mas-

sey Hall, ‘Poronto-not in Queen's Park-makes the usual prediction that the growth of the 0.0.1“. movement, which he heads, will eventually bring about the downfall of the "Capitalist class." It is ap- parent from reports of his remarks, however, that he has no expecta-

_ tlon of any such result at the next

Federal elections; consequently the much-maligned capitalists may breathe freely for a few more years.

Not so many years ago railroad accidents were dlstrcsslngly numer- ous. Today they are tew and far bevween. The improvement is due. observers say, largely to the work of the American Railway Engineering Association which for more than three decades has been carrying on research and educational work. Does anyone doubt that results have been secured? If so, let him consid- er the fact that of the 441,000,000 passengers carried by Americlaiurall road trains during the first i1. months of i932, only one was kill- ed in a train accident.

The Times correspondent explains that children came to the Russian towns in thousands from the vil- lages in consequence of the eviction and banishment of their parents during the great grain drives last Autumn. The stream was reinforc- ed this Spring by the general purge of the kolkhozes (collective farms) and the widespread famine, which hi! feildeftd hundreds 0f thousands of peasants destitute and homeless.

Years of depreuion exercise on all people a sobering influence. Those inclined toward the ggy and reckless life have to be content with quieter methods of entertain. lug themselves; and this would keep many out of trouble. The steady-going elements of the pop. uiation realize that everything p05- sible l! b01113 (10116 by governing bodies and private citizens to tide them over the bad days, and time nothing. is to be gained by making trouble.

Dr. T. V. Swill. Chinese Finance Minister, disputes the assertion u,“ Japan had in intervene in North China because there is no central or authoritative government there. In an address at New York baron

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LOWEIUNG HIGH BLOOD 'PBESSUBI WIT]! BISMUTII

One of the first things the medl- cai student is taught in correcting diarrhoea is to use castor oil or other purgatlve to get rid of what- ever is so irritating the intestine that it causes pain and the passage of a great amount of water from the lower intestine.

If after the cantor oil 1s used the diarrhoea continues then bismuth subnitrate is given to stop or arrest the irritation of the lining of the intmtine. The bismuth so acts on the muscle walls of the intestine that it soothes or quiets them thus relieving the cramps.

The use of bismuth subnitrate in the treatment of diarrhoea has been - practice for a. great many years. ~

Lately it has been thought that this same 5ilb5tflI1CG—bl5-'ZIIZ~’ii sub- nitrate-might be used in cases of high blood pressure.

Dr. E. J. Stleglitz, Chicago, be- lieves that many cases of high blood pressure could be helped if what- ever is causing the muscular walls of the blood vessels to close or tighten could be removed, and then by using bismuth subnitrate these muscular walls would relax, open wider, and as the blood would flow more easily through these wider blood pressure) ‘frequently does not would grow less.

Thus the bismuth subnltrate aci- ually rests the tired muscles and they become less irritable, Dr. Stleg- . lltz says that tbs bismuth subnitrate. not only reduces the blood pressure during the time that it is being used, but if it is given for some lenizth of time so that the muscles of the blood vessels gel. a real rest, this tightening or spasm of the blood vessels (which causes the high blod pressure) frequently does not return.

The results obtained in these cases of high blood pressure by the use of the bismuth subnltrate, after several years of its use, are most en- eouraglng and gratifying.

The point to remember is that when high blood pressure is due to an actual hardening of the blood vessels due to the muscle or elastic- tissue of the wall being replaced by hard or fibrous tissue, bismuth sub- nitrate cannot make the elastic or muscle tissue tighten or relax. It is only before the muscle walls of the blood vessels have been thus dam- aged that the bismuth subnltrate can be of help. He advises a half teaspoonfui dose, twice daily.

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The Session A: Ottawa

A series of articles dBB-UBG with

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prorogusd session of the Domin- ion Parliament.

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8].‘. WATERJWAY

The five hundred million dollar St. Lawrence project has been a matter of controversy since its in- troduction in the Uniifl! 595W scum m m» middle of April. ‘The New York Senators contend that s11 the power from the development should 3o to New York State and that the problem be scat to a Commerce Committee, for study. Louisiana Senators object to the waterway on the ground that it will be an all-British canal. Power authorities take the stand that thB deveolpcmpt will make available 720,000 horse power of electricity to rural and domestic consumers and to American industry and check